Book details research techniques for pioneer ancestors, state settlement
he book, reader’s own ancestors.
Bockstruck discusses each of the 50 states; however, his emphasis is on the states and territories that were established between the colonial period and the middle of the 19th century. Information for each state includes:
•Pioneer’s places of origin
•Reasons for settlement
•Specific places of settlement in America
•Names of pioneering families
•Migrations within and between states, and more.
Knowledge of history and geography will assist family historians to extend their family pedigrees across the country. Every detail represents a potential clue to an elusive ancestor, from the name of a shipping line, port of embarkation and clusters of fellow passengers, to the nature of soil available to the colonist, church membership and the status of roadways.
Throughout the volume, Bockstruck names the key sources for further research. Researchers need to understand that some family members may have stayed in their ancestral home while others went westward but did not continue as far as their kinfolk.
The study of migration or immigration requires that the researcher understand the local history of his or her ancestral home, that migrations are tied to similar climatic belts, elements that will draw immigrants to a new home or forces that draw them away from their home.
The book is available for $8.95 plus shipping from Genealogical Publishing Co. & Clearfield Co., 3600 Clipper Mill Road, #260, Baltimore, MD 21211.
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